CVE-2024-52005
📋 TL;DR
This vulnerability in Git allows malicious remote repositories to inject ANSI escape sequences into error messages displayed during clone/fetch/push operations. These sequences can manipulate terminal output to hide information or trick users into executing malicious commands. Anyone using Git to interact with untrusted repositories is affected.
💻 Affected Systems
- Git
📦 What is this software?
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⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
An attacker could craft malicious escape sequences that hide warnings and trick users into executing arbitrary commands on their system, potentially leading to full system compromise.
Likely Case
Attackers could hide important security warnings, misrepresent repository contents, or manipulate users into running untrusted scripts through social engineering.
If Mitigated
With proper terminal settings or patched Git versions, escape sequences are sanitized or ignored, preventing manipulation of terminal output.
🎯 Exploit Status
Exploitation requires the victim to interact with a malicious repository. No public exploit code is available, but the vulnerability is well-documented.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: Git 2.47.0 and later
Vendor Advisory: https://github.com/git/git/security/advisories/GHSA-7jjc-gg6m-3329
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Check current Git version with 'git --version'. 2. Update Git using your system's package manager (apt, yum, brew, etc.). 3. For manual installation, download from git-scm.com. 4. Verify update with 'git --version' to confirm 2.47.0 or higher.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Disable ANSI escape sequence processing
allConfigure your terminal to ignore or sanitize ANSI escape sequences
export TERM=dumb
git config --global core.pager 'cat'
Avoid untrusted repositories
allOnly clone/fetch from trusted sources and avoid recursive clones from unknown repositories
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Only interact with repositories from trusted, verified sources
- Use terminal emulators that filter or ignore ANSI escape sequences by default
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Run 'git --version' and check if version is below 2.47.0Check Version:
git --versionVerify Fix Applied:
Run 'git --version' and confirm version is 2.47.0 or higher📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unusual ANSI escape sequences in Git operation logs
- Suspicious remote: messages during clone/fetch operations
Network Indicators:
- Git protocol traffic to unknown or suspicious repositories
SIEM Query:
Search for Git operations with unusual error messages containing escape sequences or patterns like \x1b[